Transcripts For WFXT FOX 25 News At 10 20151222 : comparemel

Transcripts For WFXT FOX 25 News At 10 20151222

10 00. First at 10 00 a little boy, girl safe tonight. Buckled back to their dads car after allegedly being kidnapped by their own mother. Good evening everyone im mark ockerbloom. And im vanessa welch. That mom is under arrest right now. This is a story beef been following for you all day long. It started yesterday when police say the mother did not return the kids to their lakeville home after a visit. That sparked a massive search thened tonight in raynham. Fox 25 was live on the air as that father finally breathed a sigh of relief. I just didnt even know how to talk. News tonight that mom has been booked at Lakeville Police headquarters and thats where we find fox 25s malini basu right now. Malini . Mark and vanessa the mother is being held here at the Lakeville Police department. Shes facing minor kidnapping charges in the meantime, we spoke to the father he tells us he feels like a thousand pounds has beenly. Ed off of his shoulders. Children have no idea the ordeal they went lew and tonight they are safe and sound. Went through and tonight they are safe and sound. Did you have fun . Yes. It was a great time for my birthday. Reporter 5yearold stevie and his 7yearold sister eden have no idea what just happened to them. Their mother, Valerie Mcgrath took the kids out to celebrate stevies birthday. My birthday. What did you do for your birthday . I eat cake and blow out of stuff. Reporter she was supposed to bring them back yesterday evening at 5 00. More than 24 hours later the dad. Stephen care began who has full carrigan who has full custody was scared not knowing where they were. Im still worried. I have the knots in my stomach. Finally it started to subside a little bit. Just a warm feeling they are safe and back with me. Lakeville applies as well were looking for this older model land rover. Turns out that the kids were found in this rental car at the mcdonalds drive you threw off 495 in raynham. The policeman told me someone must have saw something or whatever and told them that they were driving a rental vehicle. Reporter stevie tells fox 25 the kids took a ride to fall river where valerie rented this car. He wasnt sure where they would end up. She likes to ski. She could have went rth no. She likes the beach. Do you then the she would ever do anything to her own kids . No, that was only one thing that was keeping me strong. Are you ready for christmas with daddy . Yes, i am. Tonight valerie the mother is being held here at the Lakeville Police department on a 10,000 cash bail. She will face a judge first thing tomorrow morning at wareham district court. Now coming up at 11 00. Well tell you dad why he was worried in the first place. Well explain exactly what happened to them last month. For now we are live in malini basu, fox 25 news. Glad they are hope safe. When those kids were found we sen glad they are home safe. Skyfox in brockton where a person was struck by a car early tonight. Brockton fire tell us United States that the victim was taken to south shore hospital. The victims do appear to be lifethreatening. Its unclear if anyone will be charged. New videoing come from plymouth tonight showing the boom of a bucket truck into a house. The incident happened this afternoon. You can see it landed right on top of the home. Osha and the Building Department are looking into what happened. No injuries were reported. We are on the upswing again. Temperatures about to warm up right in time for christmas. But Storm Tracker weather chief meteorologist Kevin Lemanowicz you might see some rain before that. And yes im already seeing some showers out there tonight, mark. Those showers arent heavy but they are around. I want to show you exactly where they are are. This is where most of the activity is in southeast New Hampshire into Worcester Massachusetts North Central massachusetts. Some of these spots coming down a little heavier. For instance, some yellow showing you up there. But up there just off the coast of maine off of york seeing some of that activity. So theres more to the west and southwest of there into dover, New Hampshire, lets follow this southward into especiallying and rayman rainman here you are along 495 in littleton and lancaster seeing some shower activity and southwest ward toward the city of worcester and holden also seeing that and check this the out. Off to the southwest theres some more rain and some of it is heavy move moving off towards us. Well talk about the record heat on the way. A woman accused of murdering a baby is out of jail tonight. Fox 25 ted daniel spoke to the attorney and said initially this was thought to be a shaken baby case but now there are questions about that. Ruled that the child died as a result of shaken baby syndrome. But that same doctor doesnt believe that to be the case anymore because the science isnt the woman has been released. I walked out of the courthouse. Reporter a good night for j. W. Carney and even better one for his client. For the first time in a long time she will not be sleeping behind bars in a maximum security prison. She was both shocked at this development and elated at the fact that for the first time in eight months shes going to be able to go home and be with her two young children. She is accused of killing her 6 monthold. The doctor ruled that she was died from blunt force and shaking injuries from the head. That the child died from natural causes. Green no longer considers shaking as a possible factor. She has no prior criminal record whatsoever shes never come to the attention of the police. Reporter this is the third recent Middlesex County case where a shaken baby diagnosis has been reversed. Carney also represented nathan wilson, who has been accused of killing his six monthold son in the familys home in malden. Last year the charges were dropped against wilson. The state medical Examiners Office changed its ruling. In august, irish was set free after spending more than two years in jail. She had been charged with shaking a cambridge infant to death but the case was dropped when the m. E. S office amended its findings to include the possibility that the baby died of natural causes. She is still facing murder charges in a statement to fox 25 tonight the middlesex d. A. s office says the medical examiner remained firm that the infant died of blunt force trauma. Live in our newsroom, ted daniel, fox 25 news. A frightening robbery photos of this exeter, New Hampshire, store. Police say the suspect in the orange mask on the right came into the exeter market this afternoon armed with a handgun and demandsed cash. The man is about 56 was able to get away. No one was hurt. Officers are still investigating tonight. Schools in nashua New Hampshire back open tomorrow all 17 Public Schools were closed today after someone threatened students and staff at the districts two high schools. Bomb sniffing dogs swept the schools today and doors and windows were hand checked. But in the end nothing was found. The superintendent says there were a few factors that caused such an aggressive response. One of them was the specificity of the threat which is highly unusual and i think the superintendents have been trained over time that the more specifics have you on a threat the greater the cause for concern. Counsellors will be on hand tomorrow at schools to work with students who are nervous, and police will also have a more visible presence. A fare increase of 10 every two years. One of the reasons the discovery of some very large employee salaries. As fox 25s Kerry Kavanaugh tells us one Maintenance Worker earning 315,000 so far this year. Monday was the last time that the fiscal control board will meet this year. The board closed fenl as they gannet tackling how to rein in the cost against state law. Thats not the interruption of law that the control board has taken. Reporter a 10 increase doubles the biannual increase of 5 . Massachusetts taxpayers are paying nearly over a billion dollars a year towards the t and riders are paying 600 million towards the t. Reporter massachusetts transportation secretary stephanie pollock says with fare increases should also come efforts that increasing ridership. Averages 1. 3 million average week day riders and she says theyre also working to control costs, part of that is examining employee compensation. Monday the mbta revealed their highest earning employee comes from the maintenance and weigh division. They say that person earned 315,000 in 2015. Thats with a base salary of 85,000, 171,000 in overtime and 59,000 in back pay. Another proposal to close the ts deficit cuts to the ride, the service for seniors and the population with disability. Dozens turned out today to ask that be taken off the table. Were requesting a task force be formed to look into other alternative financing. As for the rate increases, the mbta says theyll begin drafting proposals in the new year and then there will be plenty opportunity for the public to weigh in a series of public hearings and Public Meetings and then there will be a vote that fare increase will take effect in some fortunately next summer. In boston Kerry Kavanaugh, a Boston University hockey player will not play the rest of the season. Nick roberto is a jr. From wakefield. The school is not telling you us why hes off the team but the announcement comes on the same day the University Confirmed it had investigated some rumors that one of its players was involved in gambling. But the university would not name the player involved in that gambling probe. The nfl in the the tom bradys camp filed its own brief and tonight nfl is taking aim saying bradys camp has continued to ignore commissioner Roger Goodells findings in the wells report and reiterates that goodell acted well within its authority. The league calls judge richard bermans ruling to overturn the four game commissioners fact youal findings and contractual interpretations. Governor Charlie Baker is wrapping up a full year in office and facing new questions tonight. If donald trump is a nominee for your party will you support him . Thats fox 25s sharman the answer in that special minutes. Plus, officers walking the beat to spread some the surprises theyre handing out to kids across the local city. And riders stuck high in the air for hours dangerous a Methuen Police will be the the outfitting officers with cameras. Kathryn burcham was in the meeting as city officials discussed some privacy concern. Kathryn . Reporter 47 patrol and School Resource officers will start wearing that recording equipment even as some questions remain about how long those interactions between police and the public will be stored. With a single vote the landscape has changed for how Police Interact with the public in methuen. We try to be proactive and more importantly try to keep a step ahead of whats going on nationally. After a Pilot Program that lasted for several months tonight city Council Voted to spend 270,000 over over the next five years. Methuen will be the first city in our area to wear the cameras. Though Police Departments in lowell are you studying the idea. They have both sides supporting 100 . The cameras will be an invaluable of the officers interaction in the field. What we did find was that the deescalation is actually embedded in this. When someone knows theyre on video they behave a lot better. Reporter some city councilmembers expressed privacy concerns wondering how much of the video will be available to the public. What are they going to see on television, what are they going to see in the newspaper. Reporter but chief solomon is working to draft best practices for how long the information will be stored and when the cameras would be turned off . Reporter and the chief said he plans to meet with the aclu next month to finalize that policy manual. City officials tell me they also did receive a grant to help defray some of the costs of purchasing the cameras. Live in methuen, kathryn burcham, fox 25 news. New hampshire are hoping you can help them with a second anniversary of a local mans murder. 48yearold david wie locke was found shot to death in his home 2013. Witnesses tell police they saw a late model tan brown buick speeding away from the scene. Anyone who you saw a car like that is asked to contact the police. Gloucester police say a missing womans body was found today in the water off rocky neck. We first told you the woman was missing on saturday when police told us they found items belonging to 66yearold susan nilson near the water. Officials are now investigating how she died. A dorchester man charged in connection with a worcester armory theft will continue to be held. Tyrone james was in court today to face charges that he lied to investigators and also he was in possession of some of the stolen guns. Fox 25 obtained federal Court Documents last night identifying the third suspect. James was already in custody own related charges. He will be back in court next month. Former Army Reservist james stealing 10 pistols and six assault rifles from the worcester armory in november. Bigsby was also arrested accused of helping morales sell the weapons. Fox 25 has learned that tyrone james and bigsby lived together. One student was hurt when this crash happened in brookline this morning. Police say five students all under the age of eight were on the bus when it crashed into a pole near boylston street. The bus driver and one student were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. Police tell us the children were on their way to a school in brighton when this happened. Offers are still investigating the cause of the crash officers are still investigating the cause of the crash. In the middle east six americans have died following a suctd attack on nato troops in afghanistan. Another two americans were wounded along with an afghan. The attack happened near baghran air base north of kabul. According to the Associated Press the taliban has claimed responsibility for the suicide attack. In just the last half hour the new York City Police say one of those killed was one of their detectives. Now investigating and tonight the white house condemns the you cowardly attack. Police in las vegas say the woman who plowed her car into a packed sidewalk there last night did it on purpose. Tonight one person is dead, 30 are hurt. Stephanie elam reports the drivers toddler was in the car at the time. We are going to start off by filing one count of murder with the use of a deadly weapon. Reporter murder charges announced in the deadly hitandrun on the vegas strip sunday night. One person was killed and nearly 40 hurt when police say 24yearold lakisha holloway repeatedly drove her car through a crowd between Planet Hollywood and the paris resort and casino. Police do not believe this is terrorism but say its too early in the investigation to rule anything out. Were not 100 ruling out possibility of terrorism. The intentional act that occurred on the boulvard is going to be very hard for us to explain. Reporter police say they were having difficulty suspect but believe she is from oregon. Surveillance cameras from the area could provide clues as police try to determine what motive holloway may have had for targeting the crowd. Shows intention. We havent determined to the exact fact what the motive was. Reporter the District Attorney is also considering multiple counts of attempted murder and charges of child abuse and neglect. Police say holloways 3yearold daughter was in the back of the car during the hitandrun but was unharmed. We believe that she had some disassociation with the father of her child. We dont know the exact snap. Reporter holloway had been in las vegas for about a week living out of her car officials say. Witnesses describe a scene of chaos before she was arrested more than a mile from the site. She was looking 12 people are still hospitalized. Police say three are in critical condition. Dozens of tourists are thankful to be back on the ground tonight in orlando, florida this is video of some of those same people stranded on the seaworld sky tower ride where they were stuck for hours. The four you00 foot tower has a doubledecker pod as it rotates. You all employees are safe and all looking into what went wrong. The f. D. A. Lifting the ban on blood deations from donations from gay men. New information about parishioners Still Holding vigil of their local church for more than a decade. The reason the doors may stay open a little longer. Small victory today. Parishioners Holding Vigil at st. Francis church can stay until march 3rd. If the the Supreme Court you does not hear their case before then parishioners will have two weeks to leave. Members of the church have been Holding Vigil 24 7 at this church since it was closed 11 years ago. New Hampshire Company is being ordered to pay 150,000 for Hazardous Waste violations that led to an explosion. In 2014, fox 25 reported 15 people were hurt when an explosion happened at the ball bearings plant in peterborough. The state claimed that acid was somehow mixed with another chemical causing a violent explosion. 5,000 of the settlement money will go to local first responders. The rest will go to a Hazardous Waste fund. The man accused of buying assault rifles for the San

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